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Orbi RBR50 iOS disconnection issue
ORBI RBR50-V2.2.1.210 constantly disconnects iOS devices. This is similar to an old “solved” post that is closed. But the issue is current and the solution ineffective as the firmware update that solv...
- Problem solved!
Changes I made
On orbilogin.com on the Advanced tab under advanced setup wireless settings
Set 2.4Ghz channel to 1
Disabled daisy chaining since I only have 1 satellite.
Enabled beam forming to boost device WiFi reliability.
Changed CTS/RTS to long preamble mode
2.4 GHz and 5 GHz (2341 and 2345 respectively), changed preamble modes to long preamble, and Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only
2.4Ghz wireless power under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireeless and set it at 25%.
* Undid this last one as it made it tricky when multiple devices were using WiFi.
* Kept all other settings changes as described above.
Resolved problem.
Thank you FURRYe38 got all the help!
Possible issue in FW or iOS. iOS has some known wifi issues in it's various versions.
Would be good to see if the newer FW resolves with with using default settings.
gr8sho wrote:
Am curious if root cause of this issue was ever determined. I and I'm sure many others do not need to resort to these changes. Among a plethora of devices, there are 4 active iPhones here that always connect on 5GHz, iPad, and a MBP among other things. The newer devices usually report the full link speed of 866Mbps.
PS. There is a new firmware update available now, version, v2.3 to try out as well.
Once bitten, twice shy. But yeah, it would be good to know. My whole reason for coming into the Orbi world is precisely to get reliable wifi for my iOS and Amazon devices.
Also know that it's up to the Mfr of some of these IoT devices to ensure they setup and work on MESH systems with one SSID name and can't separate them. Seen various posts about 2.4Ghz IoT devices not being able to get setup. This has to do with shotty developed SW that doesn't allow for the setup devices that connect to 5Ghz and there IoT devices that only support 2.4ghz mean while both 2.4 and 5Ghz are on the same LAN side network. This is a IoT mfr problem. Not a Orbi problem.
gr8sho wrote:
Once bitten, twice shy. But yeah, it would be good to know. My whole reason for coming into the Orbi world is precisely to get reliable wifi for my iOS and Amazon devices.